The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:32 at Perth 2026 put Erica Luken & Mitchell Bligh 394th of 546 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:04 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Perth ran fast: the 306 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:20 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 4:47v median +0:21
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 6:23v median +0:33
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Block 03 10:26Running 3 6:11v median −0:02
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Block 04 12:07Running 4 6:25v median +0:07
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:29v median +0:07
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 6:22v median +0:04
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 6:05v median +0:19
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 5:42v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:38
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 538
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 538 mixed teams who finished.